Britain hospital covid-19 patient Britain

Doctor's harrowing diary as coronavirus 'war zone' hospital loses 20 patients in 24 hours

Reading now: 540
www.mirror.co.uk

Britain has been in lockdown for six days as Covid-19 continues to overwhelm the NHS. A junior doctor in one of London’s worst-hit hospitals tells how the wards are swamped with patients – and underequipped medics are being forced to make life-or-death decisions.

MONDAY NIGHT It’s the first of a four-night stretch. It’s the busiest night yet. The hospital is like a war zone, but I fear we will look back in two weeks and see this as the calm before the storm.

I work in acute care. It’s my job to keep patients alive before they go to the intensive care unit. Half the staff are absent, self-isolating because they or relatives have symptoms of the virus.

Read more on mirror.co.uk
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA